# Accident 20170815020672A: Boeing 737-832, Queens, NY, August 15, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2017, 19:11 local time
- Place: Queens, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.6478° N, 73.7656° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6478&lon=-73.7656&mi=10
- Aircraft: N377DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N377DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-832 (registry code 13844CF, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-832) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-832
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 167
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,764 total, 1,576 in this make and model, 188 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA17CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17CA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170815020672A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 290 TURNED OFF EAST BOUND TAXIWAY CHARLIE ("C") ONTO NORTH BOUND TAXIWAY DELTA BRAVO (?DB?). WHILE AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 290 WAS ON DB, DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 2503 LEFT WINGLET STRUCK THE RIGHT ELEVATOR AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE AMERICAN AIRLINES AIRCRAFT. DELTA WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS BEHIND AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 290 EASTBOUND ON TAXIWAY CHARLIE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N175AN, Boeing 757-223: no report for this aircraft in the release

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA17CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17CA181), Aug 15, 2017: Boeing 737 832 (N377DA), Queens, NY, minor damage. Probable cause: the Delta B737 captain's failure to maintain proper clearance between his airplane and the stopped American B757.

## Other reports on N377DA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040306002539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040306002539I), Mar 6, 2004: Boeing 737832 (N377DA), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On March 6, 2004 a delta Boeing 737-832 (N377DA), flight #510 enroute from slc-cvg diverted to mci where it landed without incident. The aircraft was…
- [Incident 20031129029439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031129029439I), Nov 29, 2003: Boeing 737832 (N377DA), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Driver of caterin, truck drove under the left wing tip of the aircraft, damaging the underwing skin.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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